JP2007135589A - Machine for producing/preparing ice cream frappe or shake - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a machine for producing/preparing ice cream frappe or shake. <P>SOLUTION: This machine for producing/preparing the ice cream frappe or shake has a unit (5) producing neutral ice cream and a unit (23) mixing the neutral ice cream with seasoning syrup. The mixing unit has a cylinder chamber (14) led to a cut edge type cone shape chamber (15) having a rotor which whips and mixes the neutral ice cream with the seasoning syrup. A piston (18) slides in the cylinder chamber (14), and adds ice cream and syrup to supply to the cylinder chamber (14) with a supply means (30) comprising a syrup container (31). A hose (32), a peristaltic pump (35) acting along the hose and a lip valve (47) are arranged in an equipment base (2). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an ice cream frappe or shake manufacturing preparation machine.

The terms “ice cream frappe” or “shake” are used herein as any frozen or partially frozen food with a neutral flavor. Below are neutral ice creams with whipped syrup of the desired flavor and soft part of the pulp, plus a hard part such as seeds or the like.
The known equipment mentioned above comprises a section for the production of neutral ice cream coupled with a pipe mixing unit. At least one syrup is fed into the mixing unit by the supply means.
As is further known, the supply means for each syrup comprises a container, a pipe and an injector for feeding into the supply means described above.
Along each pipe there is a gear pump for feeding syrup into the injector through valve means.

In other known types of equipment, each syrup is also subjected to a predetermined pressure in the container.
Thus, if the corresponding valve means consists of a solenoid valve that operates to open under the control of the control unit, the syrup is fed into the mixing unit without the use of a pump.

However, the known syrup supply means has various disadvantages. These are first related to hygiene, which is due to the difficulty of removing any hard particles contained in the syrup, such as fruit fragments, seeds, etc., from the mechanical components of the pump.
Second, the operation of the gear pump is not uniform, depending on the type of syrup used.
Solenoid valves are also found to suffer from similar disadvantages from a hygienic point of view.
Eventually, it has been found that known types of supply means are too expensive for the functions provided.
The object of the present invention is therefore to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages brought about by the ice cream frappe or shaker preparation machine, free from the above-mentioned disadvantages.
That is, according to the present invention, this object is achieved by an ice cream frappe or shaker manufacturing preparation machine having the features described in one or more of the claims herein.
In accordance with the foregoing objects, the technical features of the present invention are clearly shown herein, and the features of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating preferred embodiments without departing from the object of the present invention. Will become more apparent as described in.

With reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 indicates an ice cream frappe or shaker preparation machine comprising neutral ice cream with added seasoning syrup as a whole.
The device 1 has a front part defined as a vertical front wall 3 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, with a predetermined amount of frappe and shake preparation means 4 arranged. A parallelepiped box-shaped base 2 is provided.

Within the base 2 is a known type of ice cream manufacturing unit 5.
As shown in FIG. 4, the unit 5 has a horizontal shaft 7 perpendicular to the front wall 3 and is whipped or frozen by the base 2 supported by a known method (not shown). A cylindrical body 6 is provided as a cylinder for this purpose.
The opening end 8 of the cylindrical body 6 is located in the circular opening 9 in the front wall 3. The outer surface of the front wall 3 of the circular opening 9 is substantially fixed in contact with the front wall 3 shaped as a cup-shaped central part as a lid 12 for closing the open end 8 of the cylindrical body 6. There is a block or door 10 with a flat plate 11.

In the substantially cylindrical part 13 with the vertical axis 13a of the door 10 located on the opposite side of the lid 12, it has a cylindrical chamber 14 that coincides with the axis 13a that is coplanar with the axis 7 of the cylinder 6. There is a cavity to receive sexual ice cream and syrup.
Below the cylindrical chamber 14 of the door 10 is a tip-cut cone-shaped chamber 15 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) that is closed at the bottom by a horizontal wall 16 as part of a closing block 17 shown in more detail below.

  Inside the cylindrical chamber 14, the piston 18 is slid by the actuator means 19 supported by the front wall 3, and the piston 18 moves to the stroke shown in FIG. 2 until it comes close to the inlet of the tip-cut type cone-shaped chamber 15. It can operate between the upper end of the position and the lower end of the stroke position shown in FIG.

Inside the tip-removable cone-shaped chamber 15 as a mixing chamber, the rotor 20 is operated by a shaft 21 coaxial with the cylindrical chamber 14 whose axis is rotated by actuator means 22 supported by the front wall 3 through the piston 18. There is.
The cylindrical chamber 14 also combines a chamber for receiving neutral ice cream and syrup, i.e. a piston 18, and a rotor 20 which is attached as a whole and is part of the door 10 and forms a mixing unit. This is referred to as a tip-cut type cone-shaped chamber 15.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the closing block 17 is fixed in a removable manner to the block 10, and the closing block 17 has an outer side for preparing a frappe or shake. It has a through-hole 24 as a dispensing hole in which the connected mixing chamber 15 is placed.
The piston 18 slides in a cylindrical chamber 14 having three O-rings, denoted as 25, 26 and 27 in the respective seats, interposed between it and the chamber, from top to bottom.

The two pipes 28 and 29 are led into the cylindrical chamber 14 in the region between the rings 25 and 26.
These pipes penetrate the plate 11 and are connected to the inside of the cylindrical whip and the inside of the cylinder 6 for freezing in order to feed the ice cream into the mixing unit 23.
Inside the base 2, there is a means for feeding seasoning syrup attached as a whole as 30 under a cylindrical whip and a cylinder 6 for freezing.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, the means 30 for feeding each syrup includes a container 31, a flexible plastic hose 32, and valve means connected to the container 31 by the hose 32. 33.
A peristaltic pump 35 of a known type comprising a rotor 37 having a curved sheet 36 for the passage of the hose 32 along with the hose 32 and a roller 38 acting on the hose 32 one after the other as the rotor 37 rotates. There is a pump means 34 consisting of

The valve means 33 is housed in a substantially parallelepiped box-shaped body 39 inserted into the lower portion of the door 12 between the block 17 and the lower end of the block 10 and the fixed wall 3. Yes.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the box-shaped body 39 includes two walls 41 and 42 that cross the wall 3 perpendicularly. It comprises the wall 43 as the top and the wall 44 formed by the lower part of the support shown as a whole as 40 as the bottom.
Walls substantially parallel to the wall 3 are formed as 45 and 46 in the inner and outer directions of the base 2. The upper wall 43 and the outer wall 46 are in contact with the lower end portion of the door 12 and the block 17, respectively.
In particular, as shown in FIG. 5, the block 17 secures the support 40 in its closed position. This means that it is possible to remove the support 40 by moving the block 17 to the open position and to remove the valve means 33 housed in the box-shaped body 39 for cleaning in a very simple manner. Is possible.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the horizontal wall 16, which is part of the closing block 17, is on the surface facing the substantially cylindrical portion 13 of the door 10, and it has ice cream frappes and shakes. Has a tray 16a for collecting condensate produced during the production.
Through the hole 16b formed in the bottom of the tray 16a, the condensate enters the conveying groove 17a formed in the upper part of the block 17, and is conveyed so as to contact the front wall 3.

  For the evaporation of the condensate, the wall 3 has an electric heating element 3a, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 1, connected to a power supply not shown, and the wall 3 allows the aforementioned evaporation. Try to reach temperature.

  With respect to the feeding means for each syrup (four in the example in FIG. 4), the valve means 33 are arranged parallel to each other in the walls 45, 46, and each hole 50 in the wall 46 and the box-shaped body 39. The hose 32 connected to the inlet and outlet of the hose 32 respectively connected to the connector 48 inserted with respect to the hole 49 in the wall 45 in contact with the wall 3 through the respective connectors 51 passing through the pipes 52 formed in the walls 46. A lip valve 47 is provided.

More precisely, the lip valve 47 (known type) comprises a cylindrical container 53 having a hole 54 for connection with the connector 32.
There are valve elements 55 each made of an elastic material, inserted by a sealing means in a cylindrical container 53, and have a unidirectional outlet.
Therefore, it should be noted that the hose 32 and the connector 48 are disposed entirely within the equipment 1 base 2.

  Eventually, the block or door 10 comprising the plate 11 is in contact with the open end of the cylinder 6 even while the block 39 is connected to the front wall 3 and the wall with the seal ring 57 inserted between them. It should be noted that 3 is mounted in a removable manner.

In fact, the neutral ice cream produced in the cylinder 6 for whipping and freezing flows into the cylindrical chamber 14 (FIG. 2) through the two pipes 28 and 29 by the piston 18 at the upper end of the stroke position. At the same time, the peristaltic pump 35 supplies seasoning syrup through the pipe 52 into the corresponding lip valve 47 and cylindrical chamber 14.
It should be noted that the hose 32 and the lip valve 47 corresponding to the peristaltic pump 35 are located on the same side with respect to the mixing unit 23 in the base 2.

  During the downward stroke, the syrup corresponding to the neutral ice cream flows into the tip-cut type cone-shaped chamber 15 whipped and mixed by the rotor 20 under the pressing action of the piston 18, and is determined through the dispensing hole 24. In a given amount, it is prepared in a cup or container 56 for consumption.

It should be noted that the use of syrup supply means 30 in accordance with the present invention eliminates the hygienic disadvantages found in the prior art.
Furthermore, the pump gear that contacts the product of the syrup is eliminated and the use of such a pump does not depend on the type of syrup used.
That is, the fact that the lip valve 47 corresponding to the hose 32 and the peristaltic pump 35 is disposed on the same side with respect to the mixing unit 23 and the base 2 contributes to a more hygienic device and is visible to the outside. The hose can be avoided.

It should also be noted that equipment with such supply means is more economical and reduces the maintenance and cleaning burden.
Compared to the previous device, such a device is more compact and at the same time easier to disassemble during maintenance inspection cleaning.

If the base 2 is provided with at least one window formed of a see-through material, the operator can easily and clearly inspect the equipment.
Note that the door 10, the box-shaped body 39, the support 40, and the cylindrical container 53 containing the lip valve 47 can be formed of a transparent material so that the mixing process can be directly controlled. Should.

  The described invention can be used industrially without departing from the concept of the invention and can be modified. Furthermore, all details of the invention can be replaced as technically equivalent elements.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the manufacture preparation machine of the ice cream frappe or shake in this invention. It is principal part sectional drawing of FIG. 1 in a different operation state. It is principal part sectional drawing of FIG. 1 in a different operation state. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a main part in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. It is a principal part perspective view of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Manufacturing preparation machine 2 Base 3 Front wall 4 Preparation means 5 Ice cream manufacturing unit 6 Cylindrical body 7 Horizontal axis 8 Open end 9 Circular opening 10 Door 11 Flat plate 12 Lid 13 Cylindrical part 13a Vertical axis 14 Cylindrical chamber 15 End cutting type Cone-shaped chamber 16 Horizontal wall 16a Tray 16b Hole 17 Closing block 17a Conveying groove 18 Piston 19 Actuator means 20 Rotor 21 Shaft 22 Actuator means 23 Mixing unit 24 Through port 25, 26, 27 Ring 28, 29 Pipe 30 Means 31 Container 32 Plastic Hose 33 Valve means 34 Pump means 35 Peristaltic pump 36 Curved sheet 37 Rotor 38 Roller 39 Body 40 Support 41 to 46 Wall 47 Lip valve 48 Connector 49 Hole 50 Hole 51 Connector 52 Pipe 3 cylindrical container 54 bore 55 valve element 56 container 57 sealing ring

Claims (11)

A unit for producing and preparing ice cream frappe and shake, a unit (5) for producing neutral ice cream;
At least one seasoning syrup supply means (30) comprising a syrup container (31);
A hose (32) and valve means (33);
A unit (23) for mixing ice cream and syrup;
Supplying means (30) comprises a peristaltic pump (35) along a hose (32), an ice cream frappe or shaker manufacturing preparation machine.   The ice cream frappe or shake manufacturing and preparing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the valve means (33) comprises a lip valve (47). The mixing unit (23) has a chamber (14) for receiving neutral ice cream and syrup,
A mixing chamber (15) and a piston (18) for supplying a certain amount from the receiving chamber (14) to the mixing chamber (15);
3. The ice cream frappe or shaker production preparation machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the lip valve (47) is inserted between the hose (32) and the receiving chamber (14).   The container (31), the hose (32) and the peristaltic pump (35) are arranged in the manufacturing machine (1) base (2), and any one of claims 1 to 3 An ice cream frappe or shake production preparation machine as described in 1. An apparatus for manufacturing and preparing ice cream frappe,
A unit (5) for producing neutral ice cream;
Means (30) for supplying at least one seasoning syrup comprising a syrup container (31);
A hose (32) and valve means (33),
Manufactured in a block or door (10), comprising a unit (23) for mixing ice cream and syrup;
Each syrup supply means (30) comprises a peristaltic pump (35) acting on the hose (32) and the lip valve (47) along the hose (32),
A hose (32), peristaltic pump (35) and lip valve (47) are arranged on the same side with respect to the mixing unit (23).   The valve means (33) is included in a box-shaped body (39) integral with the front wall (3) of the base (2), and is connected to each hose (32) in the base (2) of the front wall (3). The ice cream frappe or shake production and preparation machine according to claim 5, wherein the ice cream frappe or shake production preparation machine.   The box-shaped body (39) is inserted between the front wall (3) and the lower end of the door (10), and the ice according to any one of claims 5 and 6 Cream frappe or shake manufacturing and preparation machine.   The block or door (10) is removable on the front wall (3) so as to form an inlet of the cylindrical body (6) and a box-shaped body (39) containing available valve means (33). 8. The ice cream frappe or shake manufacturing preparation machine according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the ice cream frappe or shake manufacturing machine is provided.   9. The block (39) according to any one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the block (39) is mounted integrally with the front wall (3). The ice cream frappe or shake manufacturing preparation machine according to any one of 5 and 6.   10. The door (10), the valve means (33), and the box-shaped body (39) are formed of a transparent material, according to any one of claims 5 to 9. Ice cream frappe or shake manufacturing preparation machine.   11. The front wall (3) according to any one of claims 6 to 10, characterized in that it comprises an electrical heating element (3a) for heating the wall. The ice cream frappe or shake manufacturing preparation machine according to any one of 5 and 6.

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